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Subject:Re: More counter-intuition re traction (some token VW content)
From:chris smith
Date:Sun, 26 Dec 1999 21:51:46 -0600

At 09:22 PM 12/26/99 -0500, John P. Flaherty wrote:
>Interesting addition to this thread. Here in Maine, a new law took effect
>this winter. It requires that front wheel drive cars which use studded snow
>tires must use them on all four wheels. Rear wheel drive's still just need
>them on the back wheels. Any other states with similar laws?

heck, here in The Peoples and Governor "no tax raises" Ryan's Republic of
Illinois, we are not allowed studded tires even in rural areas.  So all
your neighbors drive SUVs you can't see around and they can't handle.  You
should see the neighbors faces when the Cherokee shows up in my drive
covered in mud.

Wishing I could afford the care and feeding of a syncro,
Chris Smith
'82 Westy
'74 Thing
Too much other stuff